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To: Libloather; Steely Tom

I’m calling BS on the good professor.

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/incredible-environmental-benefits-nyc-trees

But urban green spaces also play an underappreciated role in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and in combating global warming, according to a new Columbia study of vegetation in New York City. On a typical summer afternoon, the researchers discovered, the trees, shrubs, flowers, herbs, and grasses in New York’s five boroughs collectively absorb more than 40 percent of the city’s total CO2 emissions.

“That’s a much larger impact than we expected to see,” says atmospheric chemist Róisín Commane, who led the research team at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

“We already knew that street trees had this great benefit of cooling and providing shade,” she says. “That they’re also inhaling enormous amounts of CO2 is an added bonus.”


10 posted on 08/05/2024 7:37:58 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

“I’m calling BS on the good professor.”

You are off-point. Did you read the article?


12 posted on 08/05/2024 7:41:37 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: DoodleBob
I’m calling BS on the good professor.

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22 posted on 08/05/2024 7:49:55 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: DoodleBob

“I’m calling BS on the good professor.”

Why are you against planting trees?

-———The good professor-—————

“We’re all for planting more trees. They bring so many good things,” said study coauthor Róisín Commane, an atmospheric chemist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.



26 posted on 08/05/2024 7:56:29 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: DoodleBob

There is a lot of herb in NYC. It produces a lot of smoke, though.


101 posted on 08/06/2024 8:18:20 PM PDT by Tymesup
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